Digital Curation

Digital Curation and Content Creation

As activists and human rights defenders, new and emerging online tools and technologies provide us with a variety of ways to organize, display and create knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view and use. Digital curation tools, such as Scoop.it! and Paper.li provide a great way to share and archive up-to-the-minute news, information, and resources with our network. Creative tools, like Animoto or Xtranormal, allow users with no previous media production experience to create and share new content. This blog, which contains both original content and a collection of tools and resources, is another example of digital curation and content creation.

Scoop.it!

Scoop.it! is a fun way to aggregate and share information. Curators can establish filters, choose blogs, Twitter feeds, and custom searches, and then select which stories are featured. Curators can also install a bookmarklet into their browser, so theycan share stories they find on their own. Below is an example from Get on the Bus for Human Rights:

 

Paper.li

Paper.li is a similar tool to Scoop.it, but there are some distinct differences. Scoop.it! is more personal, like a blog. Users, or curators, pick and choose content to share. Whereas Paper.li is more like a personalized news magazine. The user selects sources and establishes filters, then every day or once a week, he or she is presented with a fresh collection of news on the chosen topic. Below is an example of Human Rights News, another example is this Paper.li on Indigenous Rights.

Animoto

Below is a short promotional Animoto video for Get On The Bus (for Human Rights). Get On The Bus (or GOTB) is an annual day of human rights education and activism organized by Amnesty International Local Group 133. The event brings activists, primarily high school and college students, to New York City for a day of peaceful demonstrations. Animoto allows users to great professional-looking videos with images, video, text snippets, and music, by simply dragging and dropping.

Xtranormal

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